birches

Noun

• hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood
• any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark
• a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment
• plural of birch

Verb

• whip with a birch twig
• third-person singular simple present indicative of birch

Synonyms

birch, birch rod, birch tree